I received an RHS Bursary to do some research into artist’s gardens as part of this residency.  The first trip was to see the gardens at Charleston (Lewes, Sussex), the modernist home, garden and studio of the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant of the Bloomsbury group. This group came together to imagine society differently at Charleston and it became a place where art and experimental thinking were at the centre of everyday life. The garden was designed as a ‘living painting’ and as Angelica Garnet said ‘…the garden here was not a gentleman’s garden or a gardener’s garden, it was always an artist’s garden’. 

The Grange is a space that brings artists together to engage with art & ideas plus there’s similarities in rural location and characteristics of building materials used, so it felt pertinent to visit here as part of my research (a report will be written at a later date).